I found some help about how to do this but (a) it was spread across many different sources and (b) wasn't always accurate, so I decided to post my own HowTo (and How Not To) for the MBWEII.

Getting started:

Connect up the LAN and power cables, and automagically it will turn on

Quickest way (I found) to get the IP address for your MBWEII is to look at your router's DHCP table (for the sake of this How To let's assume the IP address is 192.168.1.2 but remember to substitute your IP address)

Do not change the username/password or network settings at this point - it's a waste of time and can in fact cause problems!

You could, if you want, set up the date/time and location info (General Setup -> Change Current Date and Time)

I recommend you check firmware updates (General Setup -> Upgrade the System Firmware); mine was up to date (01.01.18)

Set up RAID 1 on MBWEII:(This isn't required in order to mount it on a Linux box but I recommend it as a way to protect your data)Note: changing to RAID 1 will format your drives - make sure you backup all your data before starting this processI also jotted down the Total Space info (from the System Summary box on every page) before I started (953,454,724K) - expect this number to be halved because that's a consequence of going to RAID 1

Formatting in progressPlease wait while this process completes. If this page does not refresh, please navigate back to the home page...

and then

Formatting Complete. Please wait while this process completes. If this page does not refresh, please navigate back to the home page...

In the top right corner you'll also see "Drive Status: Synchronizing"From the MBWEII User Manual (pg44):

Note: Rebuilding the RAID 1 configuration may take up to several hours, but you can begin using the device as soon as the interface is enabled and allows you to start using it (approximately 30 minutes).

Personally I wouldn't start trying to write to the drive until this is doneI don't know how long my 1Tb system took to format - I ignored it for a few hours and it was done by the time I checked back

The first time I tried this I got an error saying the download failed, but I simply restarted the update (i.e. refreshed the page to retry the firmware upgrade)

This time I saw "Applying new firmware" followed fairly quickly by "Firmware downloaded and applied"

The upgrade process takes approximately 30minutes depending on internet connection speed and general network activity.

THE USER SHOULD NOT ACCESS THE DEVICE UNTIL THE UPGRADE IS COMPLETE

The user must NOT power off the device during the upgrade process.

The user should NOTE, the front panel lights will

flicker during firmware download

extinguish for approximately 15 minutes, whilst applying the firmware

illuminate when firmware upgrade is complete

As that note says, the status doesn't appear to change even though the page was refreshed every couple of minutes

To check if ssh is ready, from a Linux machine's command line:

$ ssh 192.168.1.2 -l newusernewuser@192.168.1.2's password:

Make sure the sshd service will run every time you reboot:

add the following line to /etc/inittab: ::sysinit:/usr/sbin/sshd

I also took this opportunity to check the disk space/layout

While you're still logged in to the MBWEII, reboot to check sshd is setup correctly:# sync && sync && reboot(I found I had to disconnect from the remote session quickly or my local telnet session hung, waiting for a response from the MBWEII.)

Some people recommend disabling Mionet but I left it enabled - I haven't had a chance to see how our Windows machines would be affected by removing it

File transfer (FTP) configuration:

Set up vsftpd as per Edouard Brière's notesbut the filename is wrong - the command should be wget ftp://ftp.penguin.cz/pub/users/mhi/mybook/vsftpd.tar.gz -q -O - | tar xzvf - -C /

I also personalised "ftpd_banner" (in the config file) and then connected via gFTP to check it's OK

Mount the MBWEII share on a Linux server:I saved the hardest step for last!For this step I'm assuming the hostname for the MBWEII is "mybook" and that you want to mount it as a local directory called /mnt/mbwe2 - you can of course change these as you want but be sure to change it consistently in the steps below

Temporarily stop the mionet service:# cd /etc/init.d# ./mionet.sh stop Stoping mionetShutting down monitorCVM: Shutting down changeNotifySocket: iNotify is not running...Shutting down MioNet: MioNet is not running...Verify: Now monitorCVM is Not runningVerify: Now changeNotify is Not runningVerify: Now Mionet is Not running#

Thanks for the summary! It's rare I compliment a piece of hardware, but this thing is really great - even if WD didn't intend it to be ;-) I didn't confirm that nfs was removed, but only because I don't really care. I have always disliked nfs and have recently taken to using sshfs as an alternative. It works fine with the My Book World:

Out of curiosity, what is the PUBLIC directory for? Is there any reason not to just create your own directories in the shares/internal directory? For that matter, what is the external dir for? Perhaps this is all in the user manual... but that would mean using the CD for something other than keeping condensation from my pepsi off my desk...

If you really want lowercase usernames, you can use the adduser command to add a user just like on any other linux system. The administrative web interface doesn't know anything about the new users though - meh, who cares. :-)

i just want to say, thank you thank you, for providing this information! western digital can kiss my ass with their proprietary software b-fukn-s!! i got so frustrated in the initial setup...... i was appalled to see how they dont even have a valid RAID 1 installation guide..

The fact that you mentioned variable times was a life saver. seriously, i want to punch the "designers" in charge of this software/hardware setup.... also to note.. i wasnt able to configure thru the network admin browser from a wireless connection? which i found a slap to my face. until i had a direct line connected to the router...

thnx again for answering all my questions with this post, instead of some dumb ass representative on the customer support line getting a taste of my frustration.

I upgrade the firmware from WD without any problem (01.01.18 to 02.00.18).However, when I try to do the upgrade firm from http://192.168.1.45/auth/firmware_upgrade.pl?fwserver=martin.hinner.info/mybook/firmware.php and I got an errror "Firmware failed to download - try later ". Any suggestion will be appreciated.

I bought one yesterday. I am able to ssh into mybook (using Martin Hinner hack). Looks like the latest version does not install /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd, /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd, or /usr/sbin/exportfs. Is there any way I can install nfs-utils package on to mybook? I really appreciate any pointers in this direction.

I was not very clear describing my problem:I bought one yesterday. I am able to ssh into mybook (using Martin Hinner hack). Now I want to NFS mount mbbook internal share on to my CentOs linux/Redhat Linux. However, I again followed Martin Hinner, but I can't locate the rpc.* file in /usr/sbin. Looks like the latest version does not install nfs-utils - I don't have /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd, /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd, or /usr/sbin/exportfs. Is there any way I can install nfs-utils package on to mybook? I really appreciate any pointers in this direction.

when i download this it wont let me shh it says@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is76:dc:74:3c:6a:a6:6a:3e:0a:e9:9f:3f:93:89:df:f4.Please contact your system administrator.Add correct host key in /Users/Joe/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.Offending key in /Users/Joe/.ssh/known_hosts:4RSA host key for 192.168.0.6 has changed and you have requested strict checking.Host key verification failed.

In the "General Setup", when I do the "Upgrade the System Firmware" or when I use :http://192.168.1.2/auth/firmware_upgrade.pl?fwserver=martin.hinner.info/mybook/firmware.phpOrhttp://192.168.1.2/auth/firmware_upgrade.pl?fwserver=calidigy.free.fr/wordpress/wp-public/files/mybook/firmware.php